1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 26-38-14 - 66 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
Coach: Red Kelly (26-38-14)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins RosterTeam Record: 26-38-14 - 66 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
Coach: Red Kelly (26-38-14)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins Results
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 26 wins and 38 losses and 14 ties for 66 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Penguins scored 220 goals and conceded 258. Greg Polis and Jean Pronovost netted 30 goals for Pittsburgh each, while Syl Apps recorded 44 assists. Jim Rutherford topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.22 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Red Kelly coached the team. The 1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins lost in the NHL quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syl Apps | C | 72 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 78 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 9.1 |
| Jean Pronovost | R | 68 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 214 | 14.0 |
| Greg Polis | L | 76 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 38 | -4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 14.4 |
| Ron Schock | C | 77 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 22 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 11.3 |
| Ken Schinkel | R | 74 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 10 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 154 | 9.7 |
| Bryan Hextall | C | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 126 | -26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 145 | 13.8 |
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 77 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 52 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 156 | 6.4 |
| Bobby Leiter | C | 78 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 18 | -25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 147 | 9.5 |
| Nick Harbaruk | R | 78 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 46 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 8.6 |
| Duane Rupp | D | 34 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 4.4 |
| Bryan Watson | D | 75 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 212 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 2.8 |
| Val Fonteyne | L | 68 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.1 |
| Al McDonough | R | 37 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 6.2 |
| Rene Robert | R | 49 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 42 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Steve Cardwell | L | 28 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 14.9 |
| Eddie Shack | L | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Dave Burrows | D | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 48 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2.0 |
| Tim Horton | D | 44 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 2.4 |
| John Stewart | L | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Keith McCreary | L | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5.9 |
| Joe Noris | C | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 54 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 |
| Bob Woytowich | D | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Bill Hicke | R | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Brian McKenzie | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Rick Kessell | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Roy Edwards | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Boyer | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robin Burns | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Les Binkley | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1399 | 220 | 361 | 581 | 970 | -148 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 2441 | 9.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 40 | 2160 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 116 | 3.22 | 0 | ||
| Les Binkley | 31 | 1673 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 3.51 | 0 | ||
| Roy Edwards | 15 | 847 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2.55 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 4680 | 26 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 250 | 3.21 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syl Apps | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean Pronovost | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Polis | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Schock | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Schinkel | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Hextall | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Leiter | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Harbaruk | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Rupp | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Watson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val Fonteyne | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McDonough | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cardwell | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Shack | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Burrows | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Horton | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith McCreary | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rutherford | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 4 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 |
